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USS LSM-447

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 18 September 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.

Launched, 13 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-447, 28 December 1944, LTjg. Ernest T. Foree USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-447 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F. Morrison USN (35);
LSM Group Eight, LCDR. J. G. Blanche USN (25);
LSM Division Fifteen and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 16 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-447 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
1 to 25 November 1945
25 May 1946 to 22 February 1947	25 May 1946 to 22 February 1947

Decommissioned, 3 July 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-447 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1948, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Co., Chicago, IL.

Specifications:
Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length 203' 6" (ovl)
Beam 34' 6"
Draft

light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft

fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft

Speed 13.2 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)

Complement

5 officers

54 enlisted

Armament

one twin bow mounted 40mm gun

four single 20mm gun mounts

Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,225 Bbls

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Propulsion

two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
201k	USS LSM-447 with her tank deck filled with Japanese small arms, date and location unknown.	James Westcott to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	USS LSM-447 moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.	John H. Quinlan MMoM2/c USS LSM-447
56k	USS LSM-447 moored to a buoy with an unidentified LSM, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
57k	USS LSM-447 moored outboard of USS LSM-444 and USS LSM-381 pierside at Tsingtao, China.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg/LT, Foree, Ernest T., USNR	28 December 1944 - February 1946
02	LTjg. Horton Jr., Andrew Jackson, USNR	February 1946 - 3 July 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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